#53279A#53279A

#53279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.174 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53279A
RGB	rgb(83, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(263, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 45.46, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 71.45, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.0729 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.174 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1240, 5.6229, 31.1175)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53279A #6E9A27

analogous

#27349A #53279A #8D279A

triadic

#53279A #9A5327 #279A53

tetradic

#53279A #9A2734 #6E9A27 #279A8D

square

#53279A #9A2734 #6E9A27 #279A8D

split-complementary

#53279A #9A8D27 #349A27

monochromatic

#1E0E38 #391B69 #53279A #6D33CB #9064D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#53279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#53279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53279A

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53279A	1.00	9.88	2.12	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.174 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a66b9',
    500: '#53279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53279a;
$custom-light: #8a66b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.957,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40345,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53279A

secondary

#99BD5F

accent

#E345A6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #53279A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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